Oregon State House District 25
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Ben Bowman Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
Ben BowmanDemocratic · Incumbent4 years since first winBob NiemeyerRepublican
Ben Bowman 67.6Bob Niemeyer 32.2
Last result · 2024 generalNo published poll names both candidates.
- Last election
- Ben Bowman (Democratic) won by 35.4 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: BowmanRight column: Niemeyer
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativeBowmanNo published score for Niemeyer
- Races
- Won 2 of 2
- Won 0 of 2
- Years since first win
- 4
- Not available
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Candidates on the ballot
- Ben BowmanIncumbentDemocratic(Democrat, Working Families)
- Bob NiemeyerRepublican
Source: sos.oregon.gov (PDF), dated Sep 24
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History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 35,629
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Oregon House of Representatives District 25, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBen BowmanWon Democratic 24,09667.6% RepublicanBob Niemeyer Republican 11,47332.2% Scattered write-ins Write-in 600.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,599
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Oregon House of Representatives District 25, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBen BowmanWon Democratic 20,63665.3% RepublicanBob Niemeyer Republican 10,90734.5% Scattered write-ins Write-in 560.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,091
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Oregon House of Representatives District 25, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill PostWon(incumbent) Republican 20,42156.6% DemocraticRamiro Navarro Jr. Democratic 15,61343.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 570.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,662
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Oregon House of Representatives District 25, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill PostWon(incumbent) Republican 16,73658.4% DemocraticDave McCall Democratic 11,92641.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,151
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Oregon House of Representatives District 25, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill PostWon(incumbent) Republican 18,55263.6% DemocraticSharon P. Freeman Democratic 10,52836.1% Scattered write-ins Write-in 710.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,844
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Oregon House of Representatives District 25, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill PostWon Republican 12,55555.0% IndependentChuck Lee Independent 9,57441.9% GreenJosh Smith Green 7153.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,226
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Oregon House of Representatives District 25, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKim ThatcherWon(incumbent) Republican 16,67063.6% DemocraticPaul Holman Democratic 8,85833.8% LibertarianRyan Haffner Libertarian 6982.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,365
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Oregon House of Representatives District 25, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKim ThatcherWon(incumbent) Republican 14,77066.0% DemocraticJim Dyer Democratic 7,53033.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 650.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,345
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Oregon House of Representatives District 25, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKim ThatcherWon(incumbent) Republican 20,345100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,933
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Oregon House of Representatives District 25, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKim ThatcherWon(incumbent) Republican 11,95657.1% DemocraticCharles Lee Democratic 8,97742.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,155
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Oregon House of Representatives District 25, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKim ThatcherWon Republican 16,83664.4% DemocraticRoger Pike Democratic 9,31935.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,531
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Oregon House of Representatives District 25, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanVic BacklundWon(incumbent) Republican 14,58974.7% DemocraticJonathan D. Bella Democratic 4,94225.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,916
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Oregon House of Representatives District 25, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCarolyn TomeiWon Democratic 12,24158.5% RepublicanDick Jones Republican 8,67541.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,614
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Oregon House of Representatives District 25, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJane LokanWon(incumbent) Republican 8,35750.3% DemocraticTom Civiletti Democratic 8,25749.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,188
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Oregon House of Representatives District 25, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJane LokanWon(incumbent) Republican 11,03752.1% DemocraticTom Civiletti Democratic 10,15147.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,853
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Oregon House of Representatives District 25, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJane LokanWon Republican 11,23756.6% DemocraticSam Gillispie Democratic 8,61643.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,426
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Oregon House of Representatives District 25, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDave McTeagueWon(incumbent) Democratic 12,56251.4% RepublicanJane Lokan Republican 11,86448.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,063
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Oregon House of Representatives District 25, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDave McTeagueWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,48154.5% RepublicanJane Lokan Republican 8,89342.2% LibertarianBradshaw Lindsey Libertarian 6893.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,285
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Oregon House of Representatives District 25, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDave McTeagueWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,39751.1% RepublicanSteve Cotton Republican 10,88648.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 20.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,893
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Oregon House of Representatives District 25, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDave McTeagueWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,98052.8% RepublicanJerry Keene Republican 8,91347.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,918
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Oregon House of Representatives District 25, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDave McTeagueWon Democratic 10,51750.3% RepublicanJerry Keene Republican 10,39949.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 20.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,195
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Oregon House of Representatives District 25, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGlen WhallonWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,71456.5% RepublicanBob Pattison Republican 7,47943.5% Scattered write-ins Write-in 20.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,033
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Oregon House of Representatives District 25, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGlen WhallonWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,48455.1% RepublicanRobert Pattison Republican 8,54944.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,953
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Oregon House of Representatives District 25, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGlen WhallonWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,30158.3% RepublicanJanet R. Dobry Republican 6,65141.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,915
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Oregon House of Representatives District 25, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGlen WhallonWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,54772.5% IndependentJack Seifert Independent 4,36627.4% Scattered write-ins Write-in 20.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,895
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Oregon House of Representatives District 25, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGlen WhallonWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,32856.8% RepublicanJohn Westley Republican 5,56743.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,316
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Oregon House of Representatives District 25, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGlen WhallonWon Democratic 7,74954.1% RepublicanGeorge Vanbergen Republican 6,56645.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,946
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1962 to 1971)
Oregon House of Representatives District 25, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanThomas F. YoungWon(incumbent) Republican 5,946100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,853
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1962 to 1971)
Oregon House of Representatives District 25, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanThomas F. YoungWon Republican 4,81654.4% DemocraticMax Simpson Democratic 4,03645.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1968 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Oregon State House District 25, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/or/house/25. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:or/sldl:25
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026